The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-08
HUMAN HOGS GO HUNGRY.
AT ANY RATE THEY CAN'T GOBBLE
UP THE DOCTORS FEAST.


Spread Cancelled Because They
Have Fallen in Hands for Which
They Were Not Intended--Little Un-
pleasantnesses Healed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. President Davis
called the general session of the Gnterna-
tional Medical College to order at 10 o'clock
this morning. He again announced
change of programme for the general ses-
sions of the congress- from II to 10 o'clock
each day, made necessary by the pressure
of business before the sections. He said
that the failure of two of the essayists who
had promised papers for the general sessions
made it possible to curtail these sessions,
and have but one paper read each day. He
announced that Prof Unna, of Germany,
would read his paper tomorrow, and DR..
Blanford, of London, would read one Fri
day.
Dr. Garnett, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, said it had been learned that
tickets to the banquet for Thursday night
had been surreptitiously or improperly OBJ
tanned by many persons who do not belong
to the medical profession, and that ''the
humiliating experience at the converse
zione Monday evening had convinced the
the banquet We're necessary than had at first
been contemplated 1t has been determined
therefore, he announced, to cancel all out
standing invitations. Invitations to the
members of the congress would, he said, be
issued at the box Office of the theatre, where
the delegates were invited to call. They
were requested to wear their badges, and
when practicable exhibit their membership
certificates.
THE HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE.
The humiliating experience referred to
was the presence of people whose appear
ance was not such as to give a flattering
opinion to foreigners of American society
customs. BY some failure to comprehend
the instructions given to those in immediate
charge, gamin from the sidewalks and la
borers i'll their working clothes made their
way in with those invited to greet and honor
the visitors. A few creatures stalked about
the great hall wearing straw or slOuch hats
and smoking cheap cigars, as at a country
fair. The unwashed were few in numbers
in comparison with the better bred,
but were all the more conspicuous. 1t
is probable that the intrusion was a source
| of much greater annoyance to those
who felt responsibility for the success of
! the entertainment than any others. A vast
majority were ladies and gentlemen, whose
| appearance and breeding would do no dis
at home or abroad.
President Davis announced that the paper
to be read to-day was by Prof. Zemmola, of
| Naples. Before introducing that gentle
man. however, he would ask Prof
Durante, of Rome, to take the
chair. 1t is learned that Prof.
| Durante yesterday wrote letter to Dr.
Hamilton, stating that he overlooked the
seeming inattention to him on opening day,
| and would remain and take part in the
congress The Secretary General then, on
behalf of the President of the Congress, in
vited him to preside as Vice President from
Italy during the delivery of the speech of
his compatriot, Prof. Zemmola.
Prof. Durante was warmly welcomed to
the chair by the audience.
PROF. zEMMoLA's ADDRESS.
Prof. Zemmola's paper is written in Ital-
ian, but was delivered in French and with
out reference to manuscript. Aside from the
more technical and scientific features of his
address, Prof Zemmola took the ground
that modern tendencies were in the direc-
ton of hypothesis and abstract theory, and
he urged a return to the safer
and more conservative, though slower
methods of experimentation and exact
ascertainment of facts. The fundamental
scope of medicine, he said, was cure of dis
ease. Progress to day in art was hindered
by tendency to bacteriology which threat
ened to grow into a system of itself, instead
of becoming or remaining handmade and
auxiliary of applied medicine.
THE MICROSCOPIC WORLD
Certainly the microscopic world does
exist, exploration of which brought to light
myriads of enemies of mankind, but the
solution of the problems thus presented to
the practitioner was as yet unattainable
Many of the theories presented for the
destruction of the microbe which causes
disease would, if acted upon, first kill the
patient and then doubtless destroy the
microbe. Doctors, he maintained, should
emancipate themselves from the unproven
theories of present as well as the unfounded
dogmas of the past.
Prof. Durante extended his hand to his
compatriot upon the conclusion of the lat
ter's remarks, and the two, between whom
there had been i'll feeling, appeared to be
thoroughly reconciled.
DR.. Murphy, the Irish physician who
wrote the letter rendering his resignation as
member of the congress, has withdrawn
the letter in view of the explanation given
by DR.. Hamilton. He says that the kind
ness and sympathy extended to him as the
only delegate to the convention from Ire
land made him feel moro keenly what, at
time of writing. he conceived to be an